Christmas

Yes, It is March and I made a Christmas card. Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Sketch #31. I pulled out my Christmas stash and made this fun card. 

I pulled out the last few bits of the Sweet Stocking DSP (ret). That determined my color scheme. 

I used Cherry Cobbler for the card base. I embossed a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock with the Winter Snow folder (ret). This was adhered to the card base.

I cut a 1" by 4 1/2" piece of the DSP and a 2 1/2" by 4 1/2" piece of a differnt pattern of the DSP. These were glued side by side onto the card base.

I cut a third piece of the DSP, measuring 2" by 3", and glued it to the card. 

I cut a white circle and the slightly larger scalloped circle out of Pool Party using the Layering Circle dies. These were layered together and attached to the card front.

The stocking was cut from the same pack of DSP and white cardstock, using the Stocking dies (ret). The holly was cut from Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. These parts were glued together and then the stocking was attached to the circle with dimensionals.

The sentiment from Sweet Little Stockings stamp set (ret) was heat embossed onto Cherry Cobbler card. It was cut out with the Stocking dies then attached with dimensionals.

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Butterfly Kisses

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I have a little funfold card to share today. It is inspired by Tic Tac Toe Challenge #201. The card elements from their board I used were butterflies, patterned paper and floral.

I started by making the card base using hick white cardstock. It wes cut 4 1/4" by 9" and scored at 5 1/2"

I cut two pieces of Calypso Coral for layering. One measured 3 5/16" by 4 1/16". The other measured 1 13/16" by 4 1/16".

Two pieces of Butterfly Kisses DSP wre cut. One measured 3 3/16" by 3 15/16". The other was 1 11/16" by 3 15/16". These were layered onto the Calpso Coral pieces and then attached to the card base. 

The sentiment from Charming Sentiments was stamped with Calypso Coral ink. I used the Something Fancy dies to cut the lable. I cut a larger label out of Calypso coral. These were layered together and glued to the left side of the card front.

I cut the large butterfly out of Fresh Freesia cardstock using the Build a Butterfly dies. The other was cut from Crushed Curry. I backed both with vellum and fussy-cut. I cut the small flowers from Calypso Coral. All were adhered to the card using glue.

I added a white Baker's Twine bow and some Fun Flowers Resin Shapes to finish the card.

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Charming Sentiments  Something Fancy dies  Build a Butterfly Dies

Flowers of Friendship

Happy Monday, 

I have a busy week ahead of me doing non-stamping work. Hopefully I'll have time to get some Easter cards made and mailed. For my card today, I used Sunday Stamps #305 bright and cheerful Color Challenge. TGIF Challenge #413 had a Product Challenge of using vellum this week that added to my sketch.  The sketch came from CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge. They asked that a card on page 38 in the Jan-Apr mini be CASEd.

I started by stamping the flower stem on the vellum with Parakeet Part ink and heat embossing it with clear powder. I used the 2 5/8" by 3 15/16" stitched Rectangle die to cut the vellum and a piece of white cardstock.

I stamped the flowers from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set with Sweet Sorbet ink. The leaves were stamped with Parakeet Party ink. I colored them with corresponding blends and punched the out using the Flowers and Leaves punch These were attached to the vellum with glue and dimensionals. The Vellum was then glued to the white rectangle.

I cut a 5 1/4" by 4" piece of Blamy Blue Country Gingham DSP. I cut a 1/2" by 5 1/4" strip of Smoky Slate cardstock and glued it to to the card. I wrapped some Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine around this piece and tied it in a bow. I layered this onto a Smoky Slate card base.

The flowered rectangle was attached to the card with dimensionals. Balmy Blue Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins were added to the flowers. The sentiment from the Charming Sentiment stamp set with Smoky Slate ink and cut out with the coordinating, Sentiment Silhouettes dies. This was added to the card with dimensionals. 

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Books, Books, Books!

Hi All,

Today's card is inspired by Festive Friday Challenge #0130. Their challenge celebrates International Children's Book Day, which is Sunday, April 2nd. This is a day very worthy of a celebration. The day is designed to promote a love of reading and call attention to books for children. As a Mom, Grandma and former teacher, I truly believe that having a love for reading can be life changing for someone at any age.

When I saw the challenge Inspo list of ten, I immediately thought of the Birthday Bonanza DSP from a few years back. I don't know about anyone else but the candle paper always looked like rows of books to me. So, I thought it would make a great background for my card. What next? I looked through my stamp sets and found the Tassel Time stamp set from 2003. Next, to make it a card for kids, I pulled out the Adoable Owls stamp set. I love it when everything comes together!

The Inspo items i used were; children's sentiment, books, bright colors and patterned paper.  

I started by cutting the candle DSP into 5" by 7/8" strips. These were glued to a 5 1/4" by 4" piece of white cardstock. I cut 5" by 1" strip from the Terra Cotta Tile DSP and adhered that to the bottom to replicate a carpet for my library floor.  This card front was attached to a Bermuda Bay card base.

I stamped two owls, some books and the sentiment, from A Grand Kid, with black ink onto white cardstock. I used Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Gray Granite, dk Pumpkin Pie, dk Balmy Blue, and lt Night of Navy blends to color the stamped images. They were fussy-cut and attached to the card with glue and dimensionals.

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Inspire.Create.Challenge #139

Hello Everyone, 

Today starts a new challenge with Inspire.Create.Challenges. Challenge #139 is a sketch challenge. Let our sketch inspire you to make a card of your own.

New challenges launch every other Sunday at 10:00 am GMT, and continues for ten days. I hope you will join us and create a project of your own. The Inspire.Create.Challenge Design Team has created some great projects to inspire you. So click on the link below and head on over to the team blog and check them out. 

I thought it would be fun to use use the Dots and Spots die to use as a template to add some dots of color for the background of my card. I made a stencil with white cardstock and masked off the unwante portion and blended strips of color to the card front. See the template below. I used Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green and Daffodil Delight inks.

I cut the cardfront to measure 4" by 5 1/4" and layered it onto a 4 1/8" by 5 3/8" piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock. This was then adhered to a Calypso Coral Card base.

Using the Nothing's Better Than stamp set, I stamped the two cocktails and the sentiment onto white cardstock with black ink. The cocktails were colored using Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green ans Daffodil Delight blends. I fussy-cut them instead of using the dies to get a closer edge. The cocktails were attached to a Stylish Shape die cut circle that was colored with a blending brush and daffodil Delight ink. The circle and words were attached to the card front.

"Cocktails" from the Love You More Than dies was cut out of Pretty Peacock Glimmer paper that was backed with adhesive paper. Then attached to the card front. 

I hope my card inspired you to join our challenge and make a card of your own. You have 10 days to enter your creation. This Challenge ends April 5, 2023 at 10:00 pm GMT. See the blog post for all the rules and guidelines.

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PP633

Today begins the new challenge at The Paper Players.  I hope you all will join us. I used the Hello Ladybug stamp set and sime bright patterned paper. Oh, and a fun new embossing folder.

Anne Marie is bringing us a versatile sketch challenge this week. This is a great sketch that could be used for any occasion and showcase many different techniques and products. 

The Paper Players Design team have created some cards to give you some inspiration. You can visit the blog by clicking the link above. While you are there drop us a note, we would love to hear from you. 

I knew I wanted to use the ladybug on my card, so I wanted to use some paper that had some red. I pulled out the Fresh Freesia floral print from the Flowers and More DSP. 

I layered a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock onto a Tahitian Tide card base. I added a 1 1/4" by 4" strip of the DSP and an embossed 1 1/2" by 4 1/4" piece of Tahitian Tide cardstock. The dotted Classic 3D embossing folder was used. 

I cut an almost 2" white circle using the Layering Circle dies. The flowers from the Hello Ladybug stampset were stamped on the circle with Tahitian Tide ink.

The ladybug was stamped with black and Sweet Sorbet ink then punched out with the Ladybug Builder punch. The wings of the ladybug were adhered with dimensionals. The bug was attached to the circle. 

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a 1/2" strip. The ends were flagged and then attached to the card with dimensionals. 

Three Classic Matte Dots were colored with a Daffodil Delight blend.  They were added to the card front. 

Here is another card using this sketch.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create with this fun sketch. You can enter your project anytime between now and noon PST on Friday, March 31, 2023. See all the guidelines and requirements on the challenge page. 

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Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

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Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

No Stamps CASE

Hey Everyone, 

I had a lot of fun with today's card. I brought togther some pretty paper and some colorful elements.  I was inspired by two challenges. Just Add Ink Challenge 645 asks that you create a card without using stamps. CASE-ing Tuesday #400 wanted a makeover for a card on in the Jan-April Mini catalog. 

A 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" piece of the Flowers and More Host DSP was adhered to a Fresh Freesia card base.

A 3 1/4" by 4 1/2" piece of the DSP was layered onto a 3 3/8" by 4 5/8" piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. This was glued to the card base. 

Using the Something Fancy dies, a label was cut from Fresh Freesia and another from Blackberry Bliss. These were layered and glued to the card front. 

The sentiment from Well Written dies (ret) was cut from Blackberry Bliss cardstock and adhered to the label.

Two daisies were cut from thick white cardstock and layered together. I used a tiny flower punch to cut out a Crushed Curry flower center. The flower was attached to the card with a dimensional. 

Using the Forever Flourishing dies some foliage was cut from Shaded Spruce and Tahitian Tide cardstock. These were tucked behind the flower with glue. 

A Tahitian Tide bow and irredescent Rhinestones were added to finish the card.

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Art Gallery

Hi All, 

For today's card I went to the monthly color challenge SU! Colour Challenge. The colors for March are Very Vanilla, Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron and Cherry Cobbler. 

I started by embossing a 3 15/16" by 5 3/16" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Texture Classic 3D embossing folder. Before embossing the paper I added Cherry Cobbler ink to the folder. This was adhered to a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. Then attched to a Cherry Cobbler card base.

I stamped the flowers from the Art Gallery stamp set with Flirty Flamingo ink onto Very Vanilla card stock. The highlight for the flowers was added with stamped off Cherry Cobbler. These were die- cut with the coordinating, Floral Gallery dies. 

The "sprigs" were stamped with So Saffron ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and cut them out with the dies.

I attached the flowers to the card front with dimensionals. The sprigs were glued on. A gold Simply Elegant Trim bow was tucked between the flowers. 

The sentiment was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock.It was cut out with the Stylish Shapes dies and attached with dimensionals.

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2 Sketches and a Bonus Stamp Set

Hi All, hope all is well with everyone. We are having great weather here in the PNW. A lot of sunshine and waarm temperatures. Warm for us is high fifties. I have combined two challenges for today's card. Creative Colour Challenges #81 provided the colors. They are Smoky Slate, Old Olive and Blackberry Bliss. The sketch came from Freshly Made Sketches #578.

I cut a 4 1/4" by 1 1/4" piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and embossed it with the texture Classic 3D folder. I adhered it to a thick white card base.

I layered a 3" by 4" piece of the Smoky Slate Gingham Cottage DSP (ret) to a 3 1/8" by 4 1/8" piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and attached it to the card front.

Using the "bonus" stamp set from the March 2023 Paper Pumpkin I stamped the flower onto white cardstock with black ink. I stamped the planter onto Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I used a Blender Pen and Blackberry Bliss ink to add color to the flowers. I colored the leaves with Old Olive blends.  

The planter and plant were fussy-cut and attached to the card front with dimensionals. 

The sentiment from the Paper Pumpkin stamp set was stamped directly onto the card base with black ink.

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Rainbow Magic

Today my card is inspired by TGIF Theme Challenge #412. There theme this week is "Magical". I was a little stumped on this one. I don't have any stamps with fairies or unicorns. I considered a witch for a bit but then I came acrossed a rainbow stamp set. Rainbows are definitely magical. I was also intriqued by the coloring on their inspiration tile.  

I started by using a Water Painter and watercolor paper to color the large rainbow  from the Brilliant Rainbow dies (ret). The colors I used were Magenta Madness (ret), Petal Pink, Highland Heather and Balmy Blue.

While the rainbow was drying, I cut a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of the Abstract Beauty paper (ret). This was adhered to a Magenta Madness (ret) card base. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Rainbow of Happiness stamp set (ret) with Magenta Madness ink onto white cardstock. I used the Cloud punch to cut it out. I used the Brilliant Rainbow dies (ret) to cut out three of the small clouds. 

I attached the rainbow to the cardfront with glue. The large cloud was also attached with glue. The smaller clouds ware attached with dimensionmals. I added some Wink of Stella to the clouds.

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New Stuff

Today I am using some new products for my card. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #200 provided the elements for my card. I went with the top row, foliage, pastels and sentiment.

I started by cutting two Stitched Rectangles from the Hello Irresistable DSP. I glued the pink/yellow paper at an angle onto a Soft Sea Foam card base.

I stamped the large tree from the Growth Takes Time stamp set onto the green DSP with Soft Suede ink. I used Soft Sea Foam, light Crumb Cake and Ivory blends to color the tree. 

The sentiment from the Irresistable Blooms stamp set was stamped with Petal Pink ink. I backed this piece of DSP with a slightly smaller piece of soft Sea Foam to add some rigidity. This was then attached to the card front with dimensionals.

I added some Petal Pink Elegant Faceted Gems to finiah the card.

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Scrap Stash

Two of the challenges I regularly follow have a similar challenge. As You See It Challenge #294 is getting us started with Spring Cleaning. They asked the crafter to dig into their stash and use items that are laying around. SUOnly Challenge #322 is titled Scraps. They asked us to use our scraps. I pulled in another challenge for my card sketch. Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #509 is a versatile card sketch.  

When I saw these scrap challenges, I went to my box of Christmas "parts". I use photo boxes to keep this bits and pieces organized. On the top of the box I found  Feels like Frost DSP from a few years back. I always have thin strips leftover with the 6" papers.

Most of the scraps were 1"-2" wide. I used the paper cutter to cut the papers in halves and thirds diagonally so they were all about the same width. 

I pulled out some jewel tone cardstock measuring about 4 3/" by 3 1/2". Starting at one end I started gluing the strips to the cardstock leaving about one millimeter of space in between.

When dry I cut off the extra ends. These striped rectangles were glue to a slightly larger piece of cardstock to make a border. This process was easily done and I was able to get through some shows on the DVR.

For the card I am sharing today, I went with Night of Navy cardstock. I went vertical for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge. 

I wrapped the striped cardfront with the Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon and tied it with a bow. This was layered onto a 3 3/4" by 5" piece of Silver Foil. All of these was adhered to a Night of Navy card base.

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set (ret). I used Night of Navy ink. The Something Fancy dies were used to cut it out. I attached it with dimensionals.

I ended up making five cards. 
 

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Pansy Patch part 2

Purple, yellow and green are just asking to be used to stamp pansies. For today's card, I barely did any stamping- just teh sentiment. I used the color scheme from Just Add Ink Colour Challenge #644. Their colors were Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Mango Melody. The sketch was from Freshly Made Sketches #577. I did flip the sketch on its side for this one.

I started by cutting a 5 1/5" by 4" piece of white cardstock and embossed it with the textured Classic 3D embossing folder. This was glued to a thick white card base.

I cut a 5 1/4" piece of the Mango Melody Playing in the Rain DSP. I glued this to the card front.

The pansies and leaves were die cut using the Pansy dies and the cardstock in colors required for the challenge. I used blending brushes and the required inks to add shading to the die-cuts.

The flowers and leaves were glued together and then attached to the card front.

The sentiment from the Many Messages stamp set (ret) was stamped with black ink. I used the corrdinating Messages dies to cut it out and attached it to the card with dimensionals.

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Pansy Patch

Today's card was inspired by two challenges. One for color and the other for the Sketch. Hand Stamped Sentiments #409 was a sketch challenge. CAS Challenge #506 is all about colors. The colors were Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight and Parakeet Party.

These colors seemed perfect for making pansies, my favorite flower. so I pulled out the Pansy Patch stamp set. This set has a lot of options for making the pansies. Due to the sketch I opted for the small pansies.

This was a two step process for these flowers. I started with the outline stamp at full strentgh in both Daffodil Delight and Highland Heather. The second fill stamp was stamped off. The center was stamped with black ink, stamped off. The coordinating, Pansy dies were used to cut the flowers out. 

The leaves were also a two-step process. I used Parakeet Party ink. They were also cut with the dies.

To make the arch, I pulled out a blast from the past. Yes I still have a couple of these Bigz Dies. I cut the arch and trimmed off 3/4" at the bottom. I then embossed the arch using the textured Classic 3D embossing folder.

I cut a 3 1/4" by 3/4" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock and embossed it with the Hive embossing folder. I glued both embossed pieces to the front of a thick white card base. The flowers and leaves were adhered to the arch using glue and dimensionals. 

The sentiment from the Pansy Patch stamp set wa stamped with black ink.

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PP632 and Flowering Tulips

 Hi All, 

There is a new challenge at The Paper Players that begins today. Here is a sneak peak at my card. I am using the Flowering Tulips stamp set this week.

Ann has a Clean and Simple challenge this week with a theme of Spring has Sprung. We would like you to feature a flower on your card and don't forget to keep it clean and simple.                                         The Paper Players team have made some cards to give you some inspiration. Stop by the challenge blog to see them. While you are there feel free to leave us a comment. We love to hear from you! 

I started by stamping the flowers on a 3 1/4" by 3 1/2" piece of white cardstock with Sweet Sorbet ink. This is a two step flower. I stamped the larger stamp in full strength and the second stamp was stamped off or second generation. Next, I stamped the leaves and stems using Pear Pizzazz ink. 

 Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine was wrapped around the bottom of the cardstock and tied into a bow. 

This was layered onto a 3 1/2" by 3 1/4" piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock. These layers were glued to the left side of a thick white card base.

The sentiment from the Beautifully Happy stamp set (ret) was stamped with Sweet Sorbet ink onto a 1/2 inch strip of white cardstock. It was attached to the card front with dimensionals.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create in this Clean and Simple Spring has Sprung Challenge. You can enter your project anytime between now and noon PST on Friday, March 24, 2023. See all the guidelines and requierements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter